At 9:41 AM -0800 4/25/01, Raymond D. Mereniuk wrote:
>If you book an airline trip you think nothing of giving a telephone
>number.
Not quite- I don't think it's nothing. I find it a gross and
serious privacy violation when I have to show ID and provide a phone
number when I fly. That's one of the reasons if the trip is under a
thousand miles, I'll just drive.
The government (any government) would love to track each and every
user of every transportation method be it a trip down the block or a
trip across the country.
And note that Amtrak did pull the DEA's direct access to their
ticketing system. They did so not because they knew they were in the
wrong, which they were, but rather the American public won't stand
for it.
Regards, Matt-
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